[plug] Mobille with camera and Linux compatibility

[Bernd Felsche]

"Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com> writes:

>On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:25:33 +0800, Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:
>> I'm considering buying a new mobile phone and would like to get
>> one with a digital camera.Does anyone here know of anything that
>> is both decent and works with Linux? That is I can upload the
>> pictures to my Debian box.

>> I haven't really kept up with mobile brands/models etc and I'm
>> still using a Nokia 3310.

Very strange; I was asked a similar question on Monday.

>As a general rule anything that uses a memory card (SD, MMC etc) will
>be fine for the Linux compatibility side of things.

>As to the camera, the quality of these things are abysmal... no, worse...
>Do not expect too much from this device.
>I have an XDA2 which does 640x480 (.3 mega pixel).. its adequate for
>record keeping, and playing around only.. and suffers greatly in dark
>environments.

Couple of URL's to check:
	http://tuxmobil.org/phones_linux.html
	http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9423084269.html

Inter-operability with other phones is as suggested, by removeable
media; or perhaps USB, Wi-Fi and Infra-red. Sony and Treo have some
devices that may be of interest.
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